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We can probably all agree that Captain Phasma has a lot of potential as a character and yet was almost criminally underused in “The Force Awakens.” I was happy to see Marvel putting out a series that not only explains how Phasma escaped from Starkiller Base at the end of the movie, but also hopefully fleshed her out a little as a character. Unfortunately I found this small collection to be underwhelming at best. Once the initial setup is taken care of, the story quickly deteriorates into the standard Star Wars runaround that brings little new to the table and also fails to really develop Phasma in any meaningful way. It’s not a bad diversion, and there’s enough promise here that hopefully Kelly Thompson will go on to do something special when her run on the book picks up speed a little, but for now this is a hard one to recommend to anybody other than a die-hard Star Wars fan, and even then it isn’t particularly esssential reading.

The description of this trade paperback indicates that it reveals the story of how Phasma escaped the destruction of Starkiller Base and serves as a lead-in to The Last Jedi. Overall, that's mostly true. The book does show the (rather uninteresting) tale of how Phasma escapes from the trash chute and, ultimately, Starkiller Base. Then it delves into another story that's fairly unrelated to either movie. Without giving too much away, the story centers around Phasma's exploits on a foreign (and somewhat familiar) world where humanoid colonists are facing imminent destruction by the indigenous (and monstrous-looking) species. Phasma is drawn to this planet while tracking down another survivor of the Starkiller Base destruction. This tale does provide a bit of depth to the Phasma character, but nothing terribly insightful. There is a somewhat confusing three panel sequence from Phasma's past, but it almost sticks out like a sore thumb because it's a very short, lone sequence that is somewhat confusing and is never really explained or expanded upon.

The artwork in the book is fantastic. The line art is very detailed and true to form -- very realistic looking. The coloring is even more impressive as it makes the pages pop (particularly on the Kindle edition). The one drawback to the art is that the double splash pages don't show up well on the digital versions and they aren't formatted to allow for zooming in to see the action or read the dialog very easily.

Overall, this is an okay read. I'm not sure it really does much to bridge the two movies aside from simply explaining how Phasma is still around in The Last Jedi. Sadly, it doesn't provide much in the way of further expansion on the character of Captain Phasma, nor does it provide any additional information about The First Order.

Great cap and also introduction on an intriguing character we met in Episode VII. This comic showed us a ruthless character who was willing to do anything to advance her place in the First Order. Got to wonder how smart she really is though. Snoke, Ren, and Rey will all see right thru her. However, it’s cool to see what an ambitious and brutal Stormtrooper might do in the Star Wars Universe. This comic series showed us that clearly and if nothing else gets the reader excited for Episode VIII in just under a month!

This is a good story arc and does a fine job filling in the gaps between when Phasma was dumped in the trash compactor and the star of The Last Jedi. Can’t wait to see how she’s used from here. It is obvious that her desire to maintain her power and authority will lead her to take any action without remorse.

Synopsis pretty much sums it up. Interesting read for anyone who fell in love with Captain Phasma on the big screen and want to see more of her than the 5 minutes you received in the last 2 movies. The entire graphic novel spans a few days, starting right after Phasma is forced to bring down the Starkiller Base's shields by Finn and Solo. What happened to her and how did she survive the explosion?

Promised as the story of how Phasma, easily one of the most striking and enigmatic figures to grace the new star wars trilogy, escaped the destruction of Starkiller base. The series is just that.

After being dumped in the trash compactor by Finn and Han, Phasma breaks free, wipes First Order Records, and gives chase to the one man in the order to know she did it.

Aesthetically it works, even if Phasma has a bad habit of posing like Batman in a handful of panels. The visual/literal language left me scratching my head and doubling back on panels to suss out how Phasma got into to and out of certain situations. If you're looking to learn more about the titular character, prepare to be left with more questions than answers about the First Order's chrome clad Capitan. Despite a wickedly cool destination (that final scene with Rivas is pretty tight) this was a pretty wimpy offering meant to the up continuity and promote the Last Jedi.

This is Star Wars excitement at its finest: action, adventure, and imperialistic evil (showing the First Order to truly be the successor to the Galactic Empire). This is the Phasma I want to see on-screen!

Kelly Thompson proves again just how brilliant of a writer she is. She takes a character that we haven’t seen much growth on and gives us way more than we could have asked for. It’s slow start is just a distraction from how high-octane the action turns out to be. Marco Checchetto’s art is the perfect addition to the team to help set the tone. He brings to life the stark stoicness Of Captain Phasma. They deliver quite the tale in only 4 issues.